[171] Summa Theol., II, ii, qu. 27, art. 3.
[172] The obligation for all of acts of Pure Love is clearly taught by the condemnations, passed by Popes Alexander VII and Innocent XI, upon the opposite contention, in 1665 and 1679: “Homo nullo unquam vitae suae tempore tenetur elicere actum Fidei, Spei et Charitatis, ex vi praeceptorum divinorum ad eas virtutes pertinentium.” Note here how “Charitas” necessarily means Pure Love, since Imperfect Love has already been mentioned in “Spes.”—“Probabile est, ne singulis quidem rigorose quinquenniis per se obligare praeceptum charitatis erga Deum. Tune solum obligat, quando tenemur justificari et non habemus aliam viam qua justificari possumus.” Here Pure Love is undoubtedly meant by “Charitas,” since, outside of the use of the sacraments, Pure Love alone justifies.
[173] The Problem of Conduct, 1901, p. 329, n.
[174] Life, written by Herself, ch. XXII, tr. by David Lewis, ed. 1888, pp. 162-174.
[175] Deharbe, op. cit. pp. 139-179, has an admirable exposition and proof of this point, backed up by conclusive experiences and analyses of Saints and Schoolmen.
[176] See Deharbe’s excellent remarks, op. cit. pp. 109, 110, n.
[177] Analyse, loc. cit. pp. cxxii, cxxiii, Lettre sur l’Oraison Passive, Œuvres, Vol. VIII, p. 47.
[178] Analyse, p. cxxiii.
[179] Lettre sur l’Oraison Passive, Œuvres, Vol. VIII, pp. 10; 18, 11, 12; 14, 15; 74.
[180] Tractatus Theologico-Politicus, c. iv, opening of par. 4, ed. Van Vloten et Land, 1895, Vol. II, p. 4; ibid. middle of par. 3, p. 3; Ethica, p. v, prop. xli, ibid. Vol. I, p. 264; ibid. Scholion, p. 265; ibid. prop. xix, p. 251; ibid. prop. xx, p. 251; ibid. prop. xlii, p. 265; ibid. prop. xxxvi, p. 261.